will crest in the next few hours. >> back to iran nowwherereligiondictatespolitics and social behavior and the district i of an islamic state. >> a new exhibition opening today shows how ordinary citizens to find ways to express themselves in their everyday lives. >> the german photographer fines even a family picnic can be its own small act of defiance. >> at first glance, the scenes look mundane -- two sisters traditionally dressed, a couple in the mountains outside tehran, two young women at a highway rest stop. >> the image we receive of iran -- i just wanted to check it out for myself in my own subjective way. >> she spent three weeks traveling through iran in september, using her camera lens to determine how much a daily life is -- how much daily life is affected by their oppressive rule. her photographs captured iranians enjoying a picnic, a hugely popular activity in the country. under closer inspection, the pictures reveal the many ways in which people subvert the rule -- young women burial -- barely covering their hair, a young married couple drinking in college together, two